Farm Action’s Vision for the New Year and Beyond
We’re thrilled about the opportunities that lie ahead to reform our food and farm system to work better for farmers, consumers, and food system workers.
We’re thrilled about the opportunities that lie ahead to reform our food and farm system to work better for farmers, consumers, and food system workers.
Announcing our Food Not Feed Summit, Farm Action’s Angela Huffman invited the 118th Congress to learn about bipartisan reforms that will benefit farmers, ranchers, rural communities, workers, and anyone who eats.
“Noncompete clauses enable corporations to hold workers hostage and entrench monopsony power,” said Joseph Van Wye, Farm Action’s Policy and Outreach Director.
Fertilizer corporations blamed 2022’s record-breaking prices on market disruptions, but Farm Action’s Joe Maxwell says monopolistic practices are to blame.
USDA Secretary Vilsack should be helping U.S. corn farmers access a premium market, says Farm Action’s Joe Maxwell.
Farm Action’s Joe Maxwell says USDA should stop defending genetically modified corn and help farmers transition to non-GM methods, which would put “more money in their pockets.”
Our public comment calls on USDA to prioritize equitable and farmer-led conservation proposals as it implements funds from the Inflation Reduction Act.
Farm Action’s letter urges the USDA to use changing priorities in agriculture to the benefit of farmers, instead of catering to multinational corporations.
Everyday people were the winners of this year’s battles against monopoly power in the food system. Check out this play-by-play of our work and wins in 2022!
Allowing foreign corporations unlimited access to U.S. farmland drives up property values and prices Missourians out of farming, says Farm Action’s Joe Maxwell.